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Thousands of fish found dead in Bayou Desiard, Louisiana

Bria Jones
myarklamiss.com
Thu, 18 Oct 2018 20:09 UTC
dead fish
Thousands of crappie, bass, bream and shad found dead in Bayou Desiard.
Leaving many residents wondering if there is a problem.

"It's affecting several people on the lower end. Residents were waking up and seeing dead fish in their backyards. They are calling us cause they simply want to know what's going on," said Wildlife & Fisheries Biology Manager Ryan Daniel.

Daniel has worked for the Department of Wildlife & Fisheries for 18 years.
He believes the large fish kill may be due to the change in weather.

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Doberman

Stray dog mauls man to death in Pakistan


The Express Tribune
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 16:45 UTC
canine attack
© Angela Antunes / CC by 2.0
A 40-year-old man was mauled to death by a stray dog in Uch Sharif on Friday.

Rescue officials said Khuda Bakhsh, a resident of Meherabad, was passing through the area when a stray dog attacked him.

As a result, he suffered severe injuries and was shifted to a hospital in the vicinity for treatment. However, he could not survive and succumbed to injuries.
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Arrow Down

At least 6 killed in landslide after heavy rain in Oaxaca, Mexico


Telesur
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 11:52 UTC
Soldiers clear a highway in Oaxaca.
Soldiers clear a highway in Oaxaca.
Four children and two women died on Thursday in a landslide in San Pedro Ocotepec in the Oaxaca state in Mexico, according to the state Civil Protection Coordinator Heliodoro Diaz.

Emergency authorities are looking for other survivors in the incident zone. The landslide happened due to strong rains in Oaxaca. Two houses were buried in the landslide.

Diaz reported that local authorities continue with search and rescue tasks in the Mixe zone. The Mexican army is expected to support these tasks as well as the State Police.

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Binoculars

Pine bunting from Eurasia turns up on Vancouver Island, Canada - first time ever south of Alaskan islands

Kylie Stanton
Global News
Fri, 19 Oct 2018 11:29 UTC
The rare pine bunting has never been sighted south of Alaska in North America.
© Maury SwovelandThe rare pine bunting has never been sighted south of Alaska in North America.
Bird watchers are all a-flutter over a very rare bird sighting in Victoria.

"For the birding community, this was a really big deal," said Ann Nightingale, with the Rocky Point Bird Observatory.

On Tuesday, a birder captured a photo of what he thought was a Lapland longspur, but after posting it online there were some questions.

The photo was then shared on the American Birding Association's Facebook page with the question, 'What's this bird?'
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Snowflake

Summits in Hawaii receive October snowfall

Chelsea Jensen
Hawaii Tribune Herald
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 10:57 UTC
On Mauna Kea, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory’s Submillimeter Array webcam image looks at the south sky and Mauna Loa in the distance.
On Mauna Kea, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory’s Submillimeter Array webcam image looks at the south sky and Mauna Loa in the distance.
The Maunakea and Mauna Loa summits were dusted with snow as heavy showers and thunderstorms moved over the island Thursday night into Friday.

The Kona area saw the most activity with the inclement weather resulting in 1.16 inches of rainfall at Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole, according to the National Weather Service. Kaloko-Honokohau registered 0.84 inches of rainfall.

In Ka'u, Kapapala Ranch recorded 2.25 inches and Pahala 3.26 inches. Closer to the island's summits, Pohakuloa Training Area and Waikii each saw just under a half-inch of rain.
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Cloud Lightning

Lightning kills man in New South Wales, Australia


9news.com.au
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 10:19 UTC
lightning
A man has been killed by lightning at a racecourse in central western NSW as storms hit the state.

Emergency services were called to Comobella Road at Guerie, near Dubbo, just after 2pm on Saturday following reports a man had been struck by lightning.

Paramedics assessed the 53-year-old but he had died at the scene.

"Unfortunately there wasn't much we could do," a NSW Ambulance spokeman told AAP.

A report will be prepared for the coroner.

The incident comes after the Bureau of Meteorology issued a warning for a severe thunderstorm that has pushed north from the ACT.
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Snowflake

New Hampshire's Mount Washington receives nearly 10 inches of new snow

Sophia Eppolito
Boston Globe
Fri, 19 Oct 2018 20:14 UTC
Snow on Moutain Washington, NH
© MOUNT WASHINGTON OBSERVATORY
It may be October, but it already feels like winter on Mount Washington.

Clear skies on Mount Washington Friday morning revealed nearly 10 inches of new snow, according to a tweet from the Mount Washington Observatory.

The temperature at the summit was about 20 degrees when the tweet's photo was taken Friday morning.

"After many days in sub-freezing fog, with nearly 10 inches of new snow and hurricane force winds, clouds have finally cleared to reveal quite a wintry scene!" the tweet said.
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Bizarro Earth

Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Three strange events occurring in Antarctica


Adapt 2030
Fri, 19 Oct 2018 14:51 UTC
antarctic storms
© YouTube/Adapt 2030 (screen capture)
Strange humming sounds emanating from Antarctic land ice and out of rational explanation cosmic rays from the surface of the ice sheet pointing skyward, massive coronal hole across the Sun and somehow everyone is baffled at changes as we head further into the Eddy Grand Solar Minimum.


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Snowflake

Rain and early season record snowfall delay North Dakota harvests

Nick Austin
Freight Waves
Thu, 18 Oct 2018 11:23 UTC
Snow in Manvel, ND on October 10, 2018.
© Eric HyldenSnow in Manvel, ND on October 10, 2018.
On the same day that Hurricane Michael destroyed parts of the Florida Panhandle, Old Man Winter hit early in the Northern Plains, blanketing fields with snow in eastern North Dakota.

It started as rain shortly before midnight on October 10, but within a few hours the wet stuff changed to the white stuff and fell much of the day. This is according to Dan Riddle, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Grand Forks.

Riddle tells FreightWaves that, on average, a trace of snow might fall on any given day in early October, but a record 5.7 inches fell at his office just west of downtown last Wednesday. This beat the old record of 3.0 inches from October 10, 1921. A whopping storm total of 17.4 inches was measured at the Grand Forks Air Force Base, and several other reporting sites received anywhere from 10 to 15 inches.

Comment: View also this report from 8th October: Early cold snap and snow impacts crops in North Dakota and then this from 3 days later: As much as 17 inches of snow dumped on eastern North Dakota as early season snowstorm hits

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Cloud Lightning

Lightning has killed 100 people across Cambodia so far this year - passing total of 80 for the whole of 2017

Pech Sotheary
Khmer Times
Thu, 18 Oct 2018 10:42 UTC
lightning
Lightning strike in Preah Sihanouk's Prey Nob district killed one person and injured three others on Wednesday, while another lightning strike in Banteay Meanchey's Phnom Srok district has killed three people.

A report said during the first nine months of this year, lightning has killed more than one hundred people and injured dozens.

Pov Chan, Ou Okhna Heng commune police chief, yesterday said the lightning struck in the afternoon, killing 35-year-old driver Lem Pronh, while injuring three others.

"The four victims were clearing a nearby forest about six to seven kilometres away from Ou Okhna Heng village," Mr Chan said. "They were in a mountainous area when suddenly the sky began to show signs of rain. Lightning then struck and killed one of them, while one was seriously injured and the two others suffered only minor injuries."
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